Résumé Worksheet: Order and Action Verbs

Interview skills lesson 18: Résumé order and action verbs · Set 335 · 40 questions

Tip (Verb + what + number): Usual order: name and contact details → a short objective → education → skills, projects, achievements → hobbies and interests. Strong action verbs: Led, Organised, Built, Designed, Taught, Raised, Created, Managed, Improved, Collected. Weak: “Was part of”, “Helped with stuff”, “Was involved in”. Add a number for the result: 6 students taught, ₹8,000 raised, 300 books collected. In education, list the latest first.

1. 1.📑 Which section usually comes last on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) education (c) hobbies and interests (d) a short objective
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Led (b) Was there for (c) Collected (d) Organised
3. 3.📝 Which line about the coding club is stronger? (a) Kind of helped (b) Did some coding (c) Built the club website (d) Was in the coding club
4. 4.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Was part of”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
5. 5.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or hobbies and interests? (a) achievements (b) hobbies and interests
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Collected (b) Created (c) Designed (d) Tried to do
7. 7.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Designed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
8. 8.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Was there for (b) Tried to do (c) Was part of (d) Taught
9. 9.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Led (b) Managed (c) Organised (d) Was involved in
10. 10.📝 Which line about tutoring is stronger? (a) Was a helper (b) Did some teaching (c) Taught maths to 6 kids (d) Helped with stuff
11. 11.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Managed”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
12. 12.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or skills? (a) hobbies and interests (b) skills
13. 13.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Tried to do”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
14. 14.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Created (b) Led (c) Kind of handled (d) Raised
15. 15.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: achievements or education? (a) achievements (b) education
16. 16.📑 Which section usually comes first on a student résumé? (a) name and contact details (b) achievements (c) skills (d) hobbies and interests
17. 17.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: a short objective or education? (a) a short objective (b) education
18. 18.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: skills or name and contact details? (a) skills (b) name and contact details
19. 19.🔢 Why do numbers make a résumé line stronger? (a) they fill space (b) they confuse people (c) they show real results (d) they look pretty
20. 20.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Kind of handled”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
21. 21.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Led”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Just attended (b) Was involved in (c) Improved (d) Was there for
23. 23.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Raised (b) Organised (c) Just attended (d) Taught
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Was there for (b) Was involved in (c) Kind of handled (d) Managed
25. 25.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Improved (b) Was there for (c) Organised (d) Collected
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Helped with stuff (b) Taught (c) Did some things (d) Just attended
27. 27.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Organised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
28. 28.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Raised”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
29. 29.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: name and contact details or hobbies and interests? (a) name and contact details (b) hobbies and interests
30. 30.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or name and contact details? (a) education (b) name and contact details
31. 31.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: hobbies and interests or a short objective? (a) hobbies and interests (b) a short objective
32. 32.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Did some things (b) Was involved in (c) Tried to do (d) Organised
33. 33.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Built (b) Was there for (c) Was involved in (d) Was part of
34. 34.Which of these is a weak way to start a résumé line? (a) Managed (b) Did some things (c) Led (d) Organised
35. 35.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Helped with stuff”? (a) a strong action verb (b) a weak phrase
36. 36.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Taught”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
37. 37.Which of these is a strong action verb for a résumé? (a) Just attended (b) Was part of (c) Did some things (d) Managed
38. 38.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Collected”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb
39. 39.📑 On a student résumé, which section usually comes first: education or achievements? (a) education (b) achievements
40. 40.📝 Strong action verb or weak phrase to start a résumé line: “Did some things”? (a) a weak phrase (b) a strong action verb

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